"exceeded £70,000. In the 1950s, he reflected on his racing career; ""Perhaps Providence had given him Colonist as a comfort in his old age and to console him for disappointments"". Chartwell Chartwell is a country house near the town of Westerham, Kent in South East England. For over forty years it was the home of Winston Churchill. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. In the 1930s, when Churchill was excluded from political office, Chartwell became the centre of his world. At his dining table, he gathered those who"
"Chartwell, Hamilton Chartwell is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton, New Zealand. The suburb was named after Chartwell, the country home of Sir Winston Churchill. The area became a part of Hamilton in June 1962 and was officially defined as a suburb in 1974. Most of the housing is private single or 2 level dwellings with little state housing. Streets near the square are used for parking. Private dwellings are being purchased by professionals to be used as business premises close to the square. The streets are well planted with trees. Chartwell's main shopping area is located on Lynden Court. Chartwell"
"Great Chatwell Great Chatwell is a small village in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located 1 mile north-west of Blymhill on the border with Shropshire.Population details as taken at the 2011 census are shown under Newport, Shropshire The name presumably derives either from nearby St. Chad's well at Chadwell or from the Old English for ""'Ceatta's"" well or stream'. The village contains a number of notable buildings. A white cottage was formerly a telephone exchange, reputedly the last manual exchange in England. Opposite the ""Red Lion"" public house is the former ""Cock Inn"", the back wall of which"
"which can also be visited by the public, Sir Winston Churchill was born in 1874. Chastleton House, on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire borders, is a great country mansion built on property bought from Robert Catesby, who was one of the men involved in the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes. Stonor Park, another country mansion, has belonged to the recusant Stonor family for centuries. Mapledurham House is an Elizabethan stately home in the far south-east of the county, close to Reading. Oxfordshire Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from ""Oxonium"", the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England. The ceremonial"
"lakes and painted. During the Second World War Chartwell was largely unused, the Churchills returning after he lost the 1945 election. In 1953, when again Prime Minister, the house became Churchill's refuge when he suffered a devastating stroke. In October 1964, he left for the last time, dying at his London home, 28, Hyde Park Gate, on 24 January 1965. The origins of the estate reach back to the 14th century; in 1382 the property, then called Well-street, was sold by William-at-Well. It passed through various owners and in 1836 was auctioned, as a substantial, brick-built manor. In 1848, it"
"Chadwell, Shropshire Chadwell is a hamlet in the county of Shropshire, England. It lies 1/2 mile west of the village of Great Chatwell over the Staffordshire border and comprises a number of red brick buildings including a converted water mill. The name derives either from the Old English for 'the cold spring' or from St. Chad's well, which can be found in the hamlet. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Sheriffhales. St. Chad's well is located at the end of the mill pond, furthest from the mill buildings (). The spring itself appears to originate in the small,"
"including Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was home to Crayford Engineering, a successful car conversion company, from 1962 to the 1980s, working from a workshop at Squerryes Mede. In 1922 Winston Churchill MP purchased Chartwell Manor on the outskirts of Westerham, which, apart from the time he spent at 10 Downing Street, was his home for the rest of his life. Chartwell is now administered by the National Trust. There is a statue of Sir Winston Churchill on the village green at Westerham. It was sculpted by Oscar Nemon and stands on a base of Yugoslavian stone, the gift of Marshal"
"was acquired by the National Trust with funds raised by a consortium of Churchill's friends led by Lord Camrose, on condition that the Churchills retain a life-tenancy. After Churchill's death, Lady Churchill surrendered her lease on the house and it was opened to the public by the Trust in 1966. A Grade I listed building, for its historical significance rather than its architectural merit, Chartwell has become among the Trust's most popular properties; some 232,000 people visited the house in 2016, the fiftieth anniversary of its opening. The site had been built upon at least as early as the 16th"
"poky oriel windows"". Churchill first saw Chartwell in July 1921, shortly before the house and estate were to be auctioned. He returned the same month with his wife Clementine, who was initially attracted to the property, although her enthusiasm cooled during subsequent visits. In September 1922, when the house had failed to sell at auction, he was offered it for £5,500. He paid £5,000, after his first offer of £4,800, made because ""the house will have to be very largely rebuilt, and the presence of dry rot is a very serious adverse factor"", was rejected. The seller was Captain Archibald"
"Churchill, Victoria Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,568 at the , and is part of the Latrobe City local government area. The town was named in honour of former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill was formerly known as Hazelwood. It began life as a service centre for the Hazelwood Power Station and future replacement for Yallourn and Morwell townships as the State Electricity Commission of Victoria expanded its coal mining operations, with most of the early housing constructed by"
"after the Second World War. Churchill, Oxfordshire Churchill is a village and civil parish about southwest of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Since 2012 it has been part of the Churchill and Sarsden joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Sarsden. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663. Churchill's toponym has evolved through forms including ""Cercelle"", ""Churchell"", and ""Cherchell"", reaching its current form was in use by 1537. The origin of the name is uncertain, though it may come from the Old English ""cyrc"", meaning"
"According to tradition the well was consecrated by St. Chad. Chadwell, Shropshire Chadwell is a hamlet in the county of Shropshire, England. It lies 1/2 mile west of the village of Great Chatwell over the Staffordshire border and comprises a number of red brick buildings including a converted water mill. The name derives either from the Old English for 'the cold spring' or from St. Chad's well, which can be found in the hamlet. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Sheriffhales. St. Chad's well is located at the end of the mill pond, furthest from the mill buildings"
"Churchill, Oxfordshire Churchill is a village and civil parish about southwest of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Since 2012 it has been part of the Churchill and Sarsden joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Sarsden. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663. Churchill's toponym has evolved through forms including ""Cercelle"", ""Churchell"", and ""Cherchell"", reaching its current form was in use by 1537. The origin of the name is uncertain, though it may come from the Old English ""cyrc"", meaning a hill, burial ground, or"
"is ancient and thought locally to have once formed part of a monastery. Beside this is the grand 19th-century arched entrance to Chatwell Court. A short distance to the north-east of the village can be found the well-preserved remains of a brick kiln. At the south of the village are the sheds of a substantial factory farm. Great Chatwell Great Chatwell is a small village in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located 1 mile north-west of Blymhill on the border with Shropshire.Population details as taken at the 2011 census are shown under Newport, Shropshire The name presumably derives"
"the 5th Marquess, Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane (1822–1899) married John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, and was the mother of Lord Randolph Churchill and grandmother of Winston Churchill. Lord Herbert's bequest to Winston, his first cousin once removed, enabled him to purchase Chartwell. George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry KP (26 April 1821 – 6 November 1884), styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was a British aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician. Born George Vane, he was the"
"lost over 70% of its trees. Chartwell has become among the National Trust's most popular properties; in 2016 some 232,000 visitors came to the house. In that year, the fiftieth anniversary of the house's opening, the Trust launched the ""Churchill's Chartwell"" Appeal, to raise £7.1M for the purchase of hundreds of personal items held at Chartwell on loan from the Churchill family. The items available to the Trust include Churchill's Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to him in 1953. The citation for the award reads, ""for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in"
"Shadwell, Virginia Shadwell is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, located by the Rivanna River near Charlottesville. The birthplace of Thomas Jefferson, it was named for the Shadwell parish in London by his father, Peter Jefferson, a colonist and planter in central Virginia. Shadwell is the parish where his wife Jane Randolph had been christened. Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph had six children, among them Thomas, who would become the third president of the United States. Active in county meetings Peter was appointed Justice of the Peace of Albemarle county, taking his oath in September 1744."
"Chatham, New Hampshire Chatham is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 337 at the 2010 census. It is located in the White Mountains, and except for the southeast corner, all of Chatham is in the White Mountain National Forest. The town is home to the Cold River national forest campgrounds. Chatham was granted to Peter Livins and others, 7 February 1767, by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. The town was named in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister of Great Britain, who had recently led Britain to victory in the Seven"
"Churchill, Somerset Churchill is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located in the unitary authority of North Somerset, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills about east of Weston-super-Mare. The parish, which includes the village of Lower Langford and the hamlet of Upper Langford has a population of 2,235. The village has a post office with shop and tea rooms, a fish and chip shop, a memorial hall, a doctor's surgery, a hotel, a number of bed and breakfasts, a sports centre with swimming pool, a dry ski slope and outdoor pursuits centre and four"
"Chartwell Green Chartwell Green is a suburb of Southampton, England, although it falls outside the formal city boundary. Instead, Chartwell Green is part of the West End parish, within the Borough of Eastleigh. The main parade of shops in Chartwell Green is sometimes referred to as Townhill Farm, after the nearby Townhill Park House. The Townhill Farm Community Centre was built in 1991 and comprises an entrance foyer, toilets, a main hall with adjacent store room, a committee room and adjacent kitchen, and a café area overlooking a patio and garden. The building is owned by Southampton City Council and"
"Hartwell, Northamptonshire Hartwell is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, bordering Buckinghamshire. The village is next to Salcey Forest and the M1 motorway. It is south of Northampton and north of Milton Keynes. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,815 people in 693 household. increasing to 1,875 at the 2011 census. Men in the Salcey ward had the fifth highest life expectancy at birth, 89.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016. Within the village are Hartwell Parish Church, Hartwell CofE Primary School, the Rose and Crown public house, community"
"Charlotte County, Virginia Charlotte County is a United States county located in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is the town of Charlotte Court House. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 12,586. Charlotte County is predominately rural with a population density of only 26.5 persons per square mile. The county was formed in 1764 from Lunenburg County, and it is named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of Great Britain. The county residents later became staunch supporters of independence and the American Revolution, and Founding Father Patrick Henry was"
"lies within Alabama's 1st congressional district, which has been represented by Republican Bradley Byrne since 8 January 2014. Washington County has three sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places: The Washington County Museum is located in the courthouse in Chatom. Washington County, Alabama Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,581. The county seat is Chatom. The county was named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. It is a dry county, with the exception of Chatom. The area of today's"
"Kent, Mlle Rose. Clementine travelled to Eaton Hall to play tennis with Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, and his family. While still under the care of Mlle Rose, Marigold had a cold but was reported to have recovered from the illness. As the illness progressed with hardly any notice, it turned into septicaemia. Rose sent for Clementine, but the illness proved fatal on 23 August 1921, and Marigold was buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery three days later. On 15 September 1922, the Churchills' last child, Mary, was born. Later that month, the Churchills bought Chartwell, which would be"
"those sixty five or over. Chatham, New Hampshire Chatham is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 337 at the 2010 census. It is located in the White Mountains, and except for the southeast corner, all of Chatham is in the White Mountain National Forest. The town is home to the Cold River national forest campgrounds. Chatham was granted to Peter Livins and others, 7 February 1767, by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. The town was named in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister of Great Britain, who had recently led Britain"
"for the county was $22,997. About 6.8% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over. Lying on the boundary between the northwest urban areas of Nevada and the archconservative Mormon Great Basin, Churchill County has more in common with the latter region, being overwhelmingly Republican. It was one of three Nevada counties to be won by Barry Goldwater in 1964, and since that time only Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Barack Obama in 2008 have passed so much as thirty percent"
"Hart County, Georgia Hart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,213. The county seat is Hartwell. Hart County was created December 7, 1853 and named for Nancy Hart. Of Georgia's 159 counties, Hart County is the only one named after a woman. Lake Hartwell is also named for her. Letters to Miss Celie in the movie ""The Color Purple (film)"" by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel ""The Color Purple"" by Alice Walker, are addressed to ""Hartwell County, Georgia"" suggesting that the movie is set either in"
"anti-aircraft shells; ""Such shells could be filled with zinc ethyl which catches fire spontaneously ... A fraction of an ounce was demonstrated at Chartwell last summer"". In 1938, Churchill, beset by financial concerns, again considered selling Chartwell, at which time the house was advertised as containing five reception rooms, nineteen bed and dressing rooms, eight bathrooms, set in eighty acres with three cottages on the estate and a heated and floodlit swimming pool. He withdrew the sale after the industrialist Henry Strakosch agreed to take over his share portfolio, which had been hit heavily from losses on Wall Street, for"
"the lack of a market for lead. The mines have since filled with water; the main shaft extended in excess of 1100 feet straight down. Another notable area within the county is the unincorporated community of Fort Chiswell - named for a French and Indian War era fort. The fort and its surrounding buildings served as the county seat until the incorporated town of Wytheville was established approximately 10 miles to the west. The fort fell into disrepair and its ruins were covered over when the intersection of I-77 and I-81 was constructed in the 1970s. A pyramid marker now"
"and Flax Mills. The landscape and portrait painter Derek Hill lived and worked in Churchill until 1954. He presented his house and his art collection to the Irish state in 1981. Churchill, County Donegal Church Hill, historically known as Minalaban (), is a small village located 8 miles from County Donegal's largest town of Letterkenny, Ireland. The village's name is derived from its location on a small hilltop. The village boasts a post office, one grocery shop, a take away and three pubs. The local Catholic church is located a mile away while there is a Church of Ireland located"
"of the county’s ballots. The last occasion Churchill County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate was when supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt against Wendell Willkie in 1940. Churchill County, Nevada Churchill County is a county in the western U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,877. Its county seat is Fallon. The county, named after Mexican–American War hero brevet Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, was formed in 1861. Churchill County comprises the Fallon, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is in northwestern Nevada. Churchill County is noteworthy in that it owns and operates the local telephone carrier, Churchill"
"Major W. Cradock, whose family sold it. Hartforth Hartforth is a small village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. Hartforth Hall is a Grade II* listed country house. It was built in 1744 for William Cradock of Gilling, who had bought the manor of Hartforth in 1720. Additions were made in 1792 and c. 1900. Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock, who died at the Battle of Coronel, was born at Hartforth in 1862. The"
"as well as the Churchill and Precinct campuses of Kurnai College. Churchill, Victoria Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,568 at the , and is part of the Latrobe City local government area. The town was named in honour of former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill was formerly known as Hazelwood. It began life as a service centre for the Hazelwood Power Station and future replacement for Yallourn and Morwell townships as the State Electricity Commission of Victoria expanded its"